In this post we would learn how to add power of ElasticSearch to your ASP.Net application using NEST. It covers the basics of setting up ElasticSearch, creating an index, indexing data and searching the same data.

Finally Phase 1 of my product is ready and deployed for UAT, so thought of celebrating it by writing about one of my favorite topic – ElasticSearch. A lot of time I’m asked why to choose ElasticSearch for one’s search needs. So I thought why not answer it once and for all.

I was in the process of deploying my product for UAT on a shared hosting server (Arvixe). I’m using Forms Authentication in my ASP.Net MVC app. While testing I realized a critical error which caused me a lot of pain and sleepless nights. Hence, I thought to write about it at this time (its 5:40 am here and I’m yet to hit the bed) so that others can save their time.

This post will give you an introduction to ASP.Net vNext and cover what all new things have been introduced with it.
ASP.Net vNext is designed for building cloud based apps easily. It is built on top of .Net vNext. Continue reading →